Mix n Match stripes and lace in Hong Kong
WOW! Hong Kong has blown Editorista’s mind and is now ranked as her favourite city in the world. It’s mind boggling.
She will be writing a travel piece on it in the next few weeks for another site and will let readers know where to go and read all about it. But for now… she let’s you in on a little more Eastern fashion.
ECLECTIC has to be the only word that one can use …
to describe the awesome style that trend-setting teens and young hipsters are wearing in Hong Kong. The three dominant colours are red, navy blue and white and the dominant fabrics are stripes and POLKA DOTS!!! Oh yes …. Dots are everywhere. And don’t forget to add in lots of LACE. LACE LACE LACE. LAYER. BAGGY. BOLD.
MOSHIMOSHI
If you look at this photo you’ll see that there’s something about the way the clothes are combined that reminds Editorista of the Japanese craze known as HARAJUKU girls… have you heard about them? Harajuku girls are part of the new Japanese generation – girls whose fashion comes from the streets and is displayed on the streets – they hang out in Harajuku looking wacky, wonderful and certainly weird for some. Who knows, maybe Hong Kong girls are trying to emulate the Japanese style but their look is so crazy you have to love it. Gwen Stefani recently featured some of the girls on her song HARAJUKU GIRLS where she sings all about them… Click here to go to Gwens site and see some HARAjUKu girls.
Harajuku is actually the suburb in Tokyo where all the girls get dressed up and hang out in waiting for photographers to snap away…. There is another suburb called Shibuya which also has its own mode of Shibuya style fashion.
Here is a more succinct explanation:
“Real harajuku girls are just the funky dressers who hang out in the Japanese shopping district of Harajuku. To the uninitiated, harajuku style can look like what might happen if a 5-year-old girl jacked up on liquor and goofballs decided to become a stylist. Layering is important, as is the mix of seemingly disparate styles and colors. Vintage couture can be mixed with traditional Japanese costumes, thrift-store classics, Lolita-esque flourishes and cyber-punk accessories. In a culture where the dreaded “salary man/woman” office worker is a fate to be avoided for this never-wanna-grow-up generation, harajuku style can look as radical as punk rockers first looked on London’s King Road or how pale-faced Goths silently sweating in their widows weeds look in cheerful sunny suburbs.” Excerpt from an article on http://www.kissui.net by MiHi Ahn.
Click here to go to a site that is apparently Gwen Stefani‘s HARAJUKU site – it’s worth visiting just for the beautiful graphics. www.harajuku-photos.com
So how does this fashion work for those girls who want to give it a bash??
Basically you get a pair of short stripey or polka dot gathered, ruffle knicker-bocker shorts… Throw on a baggy polka dot or stripey shirt and then…. Don’t forget the bolero-style jacket and of course the latest must-have accessory…. Lace beads or fabric beads. If it’s cold wear a pair of leggings under the shorts… and then either boots, flats or peep-toe shoes. Punkish? Absolutely.
Represent has some of these clothes and accessories for sale… fresh from Hong Kong. IF you live in Joburg and would like to get your hands on some, please mail Editorista on editor@represent.co.za.
